Have a colourful,peaceful and wonderful year ahead...
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!!!
Cheers
JOSH

Yosemite... Half dome and others

Yosemite falls...upper yosemite falls, Lower and frontal view of the falls

Yosemite National Park...Yosemite river and tunnel

CA trip....Scenic drive along the coastline..

CA-1 BIG SUR

Pfeiffer beach and on way to big sur and ragged point..

More beach pics on the coast of CA

Lone cyprus and on the way to caramel beach..CA

CA trip drive along the coast... near Lone Cyprus

CA trip...Highway-1

Downtown Lexington

A few more..

Cumberland falls

Cumberland Falls, KY

A few others

Vinayaka puja

My collection of Ganesh idols.. Kaanipakam ganapati, sandal wood ganesh, a small blue elephant for ganesh, and my small little Vinayaka with a elephant studded metal bead garland.

The Iskon brass finish Ganesh, silver Ganapati amidst red carnations, our silver throne Vinayaka decorated with carnations, ash black vighna Vinayaka-one of our wedding gifts.

Vighna Vinayaka




























Pasupu Vinaykuniki Mallela Danda















Vinayaka Chavithi '09 at my place

Krishnashtami '09 at Redmile

My first sravana sukravaram performing the puja alone..It was a grand success with 8 ladies coming and blessing me.

My Garden

My Bead Box















Our latest project with all the silver,copper and gold coins we have

































Orange Rose and Tulasi

As the Sun went down the Sea,
A friend quizzed me in surprise,
"Do you know why the Sun rises
After every tiring Eve, And
A long serene slumber?
...He rises every Dawn only to see
A Nation called India!"
Yes, the Nation of my Heart.

"Shouldn't we write an ode,
An ode to our Nation?
The Nation of our Heart?"
We took out long sheets of Paper
And sharpened our Pencils,
We scratched our heads,
And exchanged views and drinks.
The night passed, yet
The Papers remain unfilled.
We scribbled a lot, but threw them all,
There was something lacking in us

She, whose Water runs through my veins,
She, who gave me the Culture,
The Heritage that I proudly carry
And call myself, an Indian.
Does an Ode suffice for Her Greatness?
Do a few lines in arbit thought
Answer for Her Mightiness?

I sit back and close my Eyes,
"O Mother! What have I done for You?
You, who gave me this Heritage
That I often felt for a burden.
Often had I disliked Your Soil,
Often did I say You were Poor.
I saw distant Neighbours

And felt beguiled by their culture.
I left You, for Their sake,
And here I am, today, deprived!
I gained a lot here,
I became a part of Their Culture,
Yet, I remain distraught,
I couldn't sing a few lines in Your Praise,
And the Papers remain unfulfilled."

"If the God Above wishes to give me
A New Life, a New Beginning,
I would only choose You, My Mother,
For every birth I take on Earth.
The Nation of My Heart."

- Ravi Akundi

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!

Tree trunk..
































































Deer @ Muir woods, Annual rings of a redwood tree which are 300 years old.

Red Wood trees In Muir wood National Monument